FromSoftware 'Sincerely Apologizes' for The Duskbloods Network Test 'Server Issues,' Ends First Slot Early

FromSoftware has announced The Duskbloods web trial has reached an aboriginal extremity aft the archetypal time of investigating resulted successful "game server issues" that barred players from logging in.

The Dark Souls developer's bloody caller PvPvE Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive enactment crippled was primitively acceptable to travel to a constricted fig of players contiguous arsenic portion of a weekend's worthy of closed tests. The aboriginal sign-up play had fans clamoring for codes, but erstwhile tests began, it rapidly became wide that astir volition person to hold to get their hands connected The Duskbloods.

The archetypal of 5 aboriginal gameplay periods kicked disconnected today, August 21, 2026, astatine 3 a.m. PT / 6 a.m. ET, oregon astatine least, that's expected to beryllium what happened. Instead, astir players spent their clip connected societal media sharing pictures of The Duskbloods' (admittedly atmospheric) rubric screen.

The Duskbloods Network Test acquisition pic.twitter.com/kODvrU5VZn

— Games Might Be Art (@GamesMightBeArt) August 21, 2026

"Failed to log successful to The Duskbloods crippled server," the mistake connection work by galore contiguous said. "Select 'OK' to effort to log successful again."

The upside is that, yes, The Duskbloods web trial was a resounding success, but lone due to the fact that it proved that determination was overmuch much investigating to beryllium done. FromSoftware acknowledged the hangups with a connection connected its X/Twitter page, saying, "We sincerely apologize for immoderate inconvenience."

The connection to fans besides notified them that the archetypal trial had been closed earlier its primitively planned clip of 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET. For now, the docket posted connected its website has further tests scheduled passim the weekend, including 1 aboriginal today, 1 tomorrow, and 2 done Sunday. It's unclear if the remaining times person been impacted, with the studio's connection connected societal media, meanwhile, promising to "work connected improving the servers" and "announced aboriginal schedules astatine a aboriginal date."

We sincerely apologize for immoderate inconvenience caused to those who were waiting for the archetypal The Duskbloods web trial owed to crippled server issues. We regret to pass you that today's league is present closed. We volition proceed to enactment connected improving the servers and volition announce…

— FROMSOFTWARE (@fromsoftware_pr) August 21, 2026

"Become a Bloodsworn of Dusk — a supernatural being imbued with peculiar abilities by the powerfulness of humor — and leap into online battles of up to 8 players," an authoritative statement for The Duskbloods says. "The Bloodsworn person been summoned to bash conflict astatine the Dusk of Humanity. Form transient alliances and bitter rivalries alike arsenic you instrumentality connected enemies and vie for the close to First Blood."

FromSoftware is liable for immoderate of the astir influential games of the past 20 years. With 2022's Elden Ring raising its barroom erstwhile more, it's nary concealed that The Duskbloods has remained 1 of the astir highly anticipated games for fans contempt its presumption arsenic a Switch 2 exclusive. While immoderate online are surely fto down to find that they'll person to support waiting to play the developer's caller game, others look to beryllium beauteous knowing erstwhile it comes to the astonishment method issues.

"It's okay, I inactive emotion you," 1 instrumentality replied.

"I fearfulness radical are forgetting this is simply a Network Test and it's worldly similar this they are investigating for," different added. "This wasn't intended arsenic a demo oregon anything. Wishing the dev squad luck with fixing things."

"Why fuss doing sessions successful the archetypal place?" 1 dissatisfied idiosyncratic said. "Such a dumb strategy making radical aftermath up aboriginal oregon program their time astir a session. So stupid."

No request to apologize. We tested the network. GJ all! pic.twitter.com/7Lrx7JBNwG

— De ville David (@Deville_Davidx) August 21, 2026

Me downloading The Duskbloods yesterday VS maine trying to log successful this morning: pic.twitter.com/ixkd6fq9EI

— Brian (@BrianDevilish) August 21, 2026

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— ⚪️ (@wdymot) August 21, 2026

For now, it's unclear if The Duskbloods volition beryllium playable during immoderate of the planned tests for the adjacent fewer days. Its afloat motorboat for Switch 2 presently lacks a merchandise date, but is expected to get earlier the extremity of 2026. Until determination is much to share, you tin work IGN's interrogation with FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki. You tin besides cheque retired our caller preview.

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